FROM LOVE TO HATE

The little holiday was over and was normal with everyone getting busy at the company again. Yasmin resumed early to work than the rest in order to put few things to place.

President Black has always hated a tiny dirt or any trace of error in his space so she had to come in time with the cleaner to monitor their work and see if they had everything properly done.

She also had to do a little clean which was why she always had to bring a pair of soft slippers every day to put on and put them off after cleaning to dress up neatly in her heels and carefully applying her perfume.

The first time she had started work with him and had put on too much to impress him, was the day she got humiliated by him. She was ordered to leave and come back after she got rid of the scent.

Dropping the clean napkin on her desk after a thorough cleaning, the incident flash back into her memory once again and Yasmin felt her chest tightened in unknown excitement and fear.

Should she assume that finally after eight years of one side crush, there is finally a positive response?

But the look on his face when he stared at her, wasn't a good one. He seemed mad and disappointed.

Eight years ago when Yasmin became an employee, she had encountered President Black back then and he saved her from a gracious fall and helped her with her shoes, something she never expected.

Since then, she has developed a soft spot for him and has always admired him from afar with hope of getting closer to him someday.

Luckily for her in her fourth year working in the company, one of her Bosses had made a terrible mistake with the presentation and she being a junior worker then had to step in to help.

Then and there, Kyler Black saw her potential and promoted her to be his secretary, an opportunity she has always wished for.

On her first day she wore a new outfit and sprayed herself with perfume and put on a long heels

“You smell like dog pee”

He had commented in front of everyone's presence in the room and Yasmin felt so humiliated in his presence.

“you didn’t come here to seduce me but to work for me so get rid of this smell this minute and make sure your shoes aren’t so ugly next time."

"Plus, I hate the new smell coming from your outfit, change it” he ordered.

Yasmin had wished at that moment to disappear. That very day she had changed everything she put on apart from her underwears.

The news went out to all like wildfire and she was taunted by it for many days that she so much regretted trying to seduce him.

Although he turned out not to be as nice as she imagined, her love for him never died rather she became determined to work harder and impress him once again with her intelligence.

But life isn’t what she planned, it was harder pleasing him and working for him.

She changed completely after months when it felt like an impossible mission, seeing how narcissistic he was.

But after all these years and even when he got married, Yasmin never let go of her feelings for him, rather she kept it to herself and continue to desire him secretively.

Work began in the early hours and soon Yasmin put aside her worries and focused on work.

When Kyler Black came to work, he kept a straight face at her as he always does and barely said anything to her.

It made Yasmin worried that he was going to pretend nothing happened between them that night.

“Let's go for lunch” Talia came to her desk.

Yasmin heard the grumbling of her stomach, she only had tea in the morning out of anxiety and felt really hungry now.

Everyone stood up and paused their work to go out for lunch but then before they left, he walked into the office, halting their actions.

“Miss. Owens?”

Everyone turned to gaze at Talia who was called. she stood in front of her, a bit anxious.

They all waited curiously to hear what instructions he had.

“Why was he calling for Talia and not her?” Yasmin wondered, her eyes cast on him.

“I want to see you in my office now" he said, avoiding a glance at her.

He exited the office, while Talia who seemed worried followed after him and the rest went out for lunch.

Yasmin felt unsettled during lunch and quickly finished eating before others

“I will go back first" she said and went back to the office.

She got there in no time and sat down, while straining her eyes over to the President's office to know if Talia was still in there or not

She looked inquisitively toward the door again and decided to bring snacks and coffee to his office. In a hurry, Yasmin got some snacks and made coffee with no sugar, she placed them carefully on a tray and proceeded to his office.

Just before she got to the door, it came open saving her the trouble of knocking. But then, Kyler Black came out of the office and Yasmin found herself smiling the moment she saw him. She quickly walked forward and stretched her hands forward a little

“I brought some coffee and snacks' she said, beaming.

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Kyler waited for her to come in and kept a straight face. He looked like he was about to break bad news to her

Being a great businessman over the years, he was never afraid to speak his mind but looking at her smiling face, he felt a pang of guilt inside of him but that isn’t enough to make him change his mind.

“Place it there” he told her and watched her do so with excitement. The more he sees her cheerful face, the more he finds his decision difficult to go through with.

'Kyler Black never finds it to speak his mind'

He console himself and gaze at her looking relaxed

After placing the tray down, Yasmin waited hoping he would say something to her, she really hope he doesn’t want to pretend like nothing happened between them.

“Don’t you have something to say to me sir?” she asked after minutes of silence from him

Kyler glanced at her and focused back to his computer, after he was done he looked back at her again

“Go get your sack letter from Talia” he said and Yasmin's excited face turned sour immediately. she doesn’t seems to understand what he just said

“What? I don’t…what?” she asked confused and worried

“I hate repeating myself Yasmin” he said irritably

“But what did I do to deserve being fired?” she wanted to know, she hasn’t except him to fire her after sleeping with her, it was his mistake not hers

“It’s my company not yours and I decide whatever I want. Hand over your duties to Talia and leave immediately”

“I think I have the right to know why I’m being fired”

Yasmin responded stubbornly, feeling upset now at his attitude.

First he slept with her, and now she was getting fired unjustly

“What is my offense Sir?” she demanded to know

"You want to know? Fine, I’ll tell you” he said and stood up from his seat approaching her.

“But first should I pay you for the sex?” he asked stonily

Yasmin stared dumbstruck at him wondering where that just came from,

“Is he taking her for a slutty bitch who gets paid after sex?’ she asked herself with a heavy heart

“I don’t know what you were expecting but this is it and I’m sure you are not expecting some sort of apology from me”

“Wait, I still don’t get why you should fire you, if you want to keep it secret I mean if you don’t want the incident remembered, then it’s cool but…”

She almost bite her tongues as she said those words, forget about it? She certainly can’t and neither can she be cool about it all

“whether you forget it or not, it’s your business Yasmin. But what I’m telling you is I’m in no way responsible for what happened"

"You climbed into my bed remember?”

He said and Yasmin felt his words stung her heart, she looked at him with hurtful and miserable gaze and watch him stare back unmoved

“What was I expecting anyway?’ she murmur to herself

“I heard that” he snapped

“Maybe they were meant for your ears to hear” she snapped back at him not caring anymore, she was fired anyway.

“Just get out, and if you need compensation, you can tell Talia the amount you want” he said dismissively

“You know I never thought Kyler Black is such a coward who backs off from responsibility”

“Watch your language, Miss Cassidy” he fired angrily

Yasmin wipe off the drop of tears that fell on her left cheek and tilted her head confidently

“You should have atleast done this the right way”

“What right way? Making you my mistress or divorcing my wife and getting married to you? Don’t be silly young woman, you are lucky I’m not taking this up”

“You are making this sound like I’m villain who intended to ruin your home whereas I’m the victim”

“Victim?” he asked standing up “if you are the victim you wouldn’t be on my bed way before I arrived there”

“That was…” she wanted to explain but she paused

it was over.

There was literally no point in trying to convince him or explain things to him. It was so obvious that he had his thoughts settled on the fact that she intentionally got into his bed.

And that was it she wouldn't stoop herself so low again.

She burst out of his office and marched to her space to clear off her table, a final goodbye to Black empire and her long time crush, Kyler Crust Black.

Yasmin walked out of the building but just a few steps away from it, she changed her mind from 'final goodbye to a see you soon'.

“No matter how long, I will come back Kyler. And definitely pay you back for this” she promised in her heart.